Petraster

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Petraster
Temporal range: 449.5–418.7 Ma
Petraster sp.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Asteroidea
Genus: Petraster
Billings, 1858
Species[1]
  • Coelaster americanus (d'Orbigny, 1850)
  • Palasterina kinahani (Baily, 1878)
  • Palasterina ramseyensis (Hicks, 1873)
  • Palasterina rigidus (Billings, 1857)
  • Petraster angustior Withers & Keble, 1934
  • Petraster crozonensis Blake et al., 2016
  • Petraster richi Withers & Keble, 1934
  • Petraster smythi McCoy, 1874
Synonyms[2]
  • Uranaster Gregory, 1899

Petraster is a genus of extinct starfish that lived from the upper Ordovician to the late Silurian.[2][3] The genus has a large distribution range, fossils have been found in North America, and Australia.[3]

P. kinahani

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Petraster". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Petraster". Fossilworks. Gateway to the Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Petraster ". mindat.org.